Bust of Apollo

Title

Bust of Apollo

Draughtsman

• Jacob de Wit

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• chalk?
• coal?
• ink?
• Indian ink?
• Vergé paper

Technique

• pencil drawing
• chalk drawing?
• charcoal drawing?
• brush drawing

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• sculptural design?
• study after a sculptural work?

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert unten links (mit schwarzem Stift): JdWit

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet unten mittig (von fremder Hand?, mit grauem Stift): APOLLO
Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• mythological representation

Persons Shown

• Apollo

Primary

• 92B3 (story of) Apollo (Phoebus)
• 48C24 piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture